Re: AMSAT has a SECRET: why not 10m instead of V band

Even of there's a user attrition rate directly proportional to the
satellite transmitter frequencies, we will lose those bands entirely if
they are not used at all. It is incumbent on all of us to do whatever we
can to get on the the higher frequencies, and this list server can coach
those of us less technically talented.
Remember 50 Mhz was deemed rocket science around WWII.
Joel, KI4T
Phil Karn wrote:
> >If the BOD and users want 1.2, 2.4, and even 10.5 GHz systems, you
> >will get them. And most likely you will cease to recruit new
> >members. Probably lose a few old operators too. This is an old
> >story. Seen it on HF in my early days. Seen it with VHF repeaters,
> >and now on satellites. Why is it that the mean age of a ham is so
> >old now?
>
> Perhaps it's because ham radio is dominated by old farts unwilling to
> entertain new ideas. People who stubbornly insist on modes of
> operation that are seen as inefficient and anachronistic by
> prospective newcomers already familiar with personal computers, the
> Internet, cable modems, digital cell phones and open-source software.
>
> Years ago I started to say that everything that was ever interesting
> about ham radio has been subsumed by the Internet. Perhaps I was
> exaggerating a bit. But not much. ANd less as time goes by.
>
> Phil
>
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